Gate-operating means.



A. c. WOR LANDL GATE OPERATING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1910.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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ANDREW oQWQR ANn, or JASPER, INDIANA.

GATE-OPERATING MEANS.

To all whom it may concern 4 Be it known that I, ANDREW C. WORLAND, residing at Jasper, in the county of Dubois and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Operating Means; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. j

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in farm gates, and pertains more particularly to a novel mechanism whereby the gate can'be' opened by an approaching vehicle and closed bya departing vehicle without the necessity of dismounting from the vehicle and manually opening and closing the gate in the usual manner. The ob ect of the invention 1s the provision of a gate opening mechanism which is strong and durable in its construction,

and which will operate in a reliable and 25 efficient manner to open and close the gate and retain the gate in an open position while the vehicle is passing through the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully a .pear as the description proceeds, the

novel eatures thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view ofa farm gate constructed in accordance with the invention, the gate being shown in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the gate post and operating lever, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the swinging frames.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a gate post, and 2 a gate which is hinged thereto. so as to swing freely in either direction, the swinging end of the gate be-.

ing provided with a spring latch 3 adapted to engage a catch 4 upon a latch post 5 when the gate is in a closed position. This latch 3 is also designed to engage a similar catch 6 upon either of the latch posts 7 when Specification of Letters Patent.

17 downtoward the gate.

the gate has been swung in either direction Patented Mar. 28, 1916. Application filed July 19, 1910. SerialNo. 572,765.

into an open position.

A mam operating mounted at an intermediate point in its length upon the top of the gate post 1, and .one end of this lever is connected by a coil spring 9 to the top of the gate 2. The said end of the main lever 8 is the wires 10 to the latch 3 so that when the lever is swung in either direction, the wires Will -withdraw the latchwith the catch 4 and-tension will be duced in the coil spring 9 for swinging-the gate into an open position.v

A short post or standard 11 is located upon each side of the gate and a bell crank lever 12 is these standards.

connected to the said arm of each of the opposite arm of each of the bell crank levers 12 is connected by a link or 'pitman 16 to' an arch shaped swinging frame'17 which is from engagement prolever 8 is pivot ally also connected by pivotally mounted upon e'ach of One arm of each of the said bell crank levers is connected by a wire 13 and chain 14 to the outer end "of the main lever 8, and a coil spring 15 is also:

normally disposed in a vertical position and has the lower edge thereof pivotally connected to a stationary platform 18. A ridge Y or elevation 19 is provided at each end of the stationary platform 18 and these ridges serve as stops for engaging the wheel of a vehicle, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

When a vehicle approaches the gate, one of the wheels thereof is designed to pass over theplatform 18 and swing'the frame This operates through the link 16 to turn thebell crank lever 12 against the action of the spring 15, and to turn the main lever 8 into a position at substantially right angles to the gate. As previously explained, this movement of the main lever serves to release the latch 3 and to produce tension in-the spring 9 for swing ing the gate into an open position. The vehicle wheel, after engaging the frame 17 will also engage the far ridge "1-9. and the vehicle will then be stopped for a short period of time until the gate 2 has attained a sufiicient momentum to swing it into an open position and cause the latch 3 to engage the catch 6 upon the far latch post 7. The vehicle will then pass through the gate and will operate through the medium of the swinging frame l7' on the opposite side.

thereof to again close the gate, the operation of closing the gate being practically identical with that of opening the gate, the

,swingingframe 17 being moved away from ing vehicle.

, ,Having thus described the inventiom what I claim as new and desire to-secui'e by- Let'- ters Patent, is

1. The combinatlon witha' gate a gate hinged to said post, a 'lever pivotally mounted on the post, and a gate operating connection between one end of the lever and the gate'for opening and closing the same, of a standard upon each: side ard, connecting means between one of the arms of the bell crank'leverfand one end of the gate operating 'lever,a platform adjacent each standard, a stop ridge at the' end of the platform, a swingmg framepivoted upon each platform described, j and it will be noted that in either instance, the gate isopened away from the approach- ,Witnesses:

between the- 9 ridges and designed to be swnng downwardly and pivoted to the post, means connecting onearm of each bell crank with the gate opera t-.

in'g means, stop ridges at the oppositeends of each platform, the 11 per edges of each stop ridge being dispose above the upper surface of'its respective platform, aframe comprising a air of parallel side bars arranged horizonta ly and a pair of: vertical end bars pivoted-tothe platform intermediate the stop ridges and'means connecting the -upl per ziio'st. side. bar with its respective bell 17' of thegate, a bell crank lever mounted upon each standcrank. g I I In test mony whereof .I ffi my Signature 'inpresence of two witnesses. AnDREWC. ,wonpann-x ALBERT FBrrCH,1

- FRANK L. Bnrz. 

